Art Quotes

"The greatness of an artist lies not in what he accomplishes but in what he aspires to."

"Art embraces the world like an infinite dream."

"An artist must be free of his material, not enslaved by it."

"A great artist is a great man, and his greatness shines forth in all his works."

"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life."

"The artist serves something higher than himself; he is but a channel for creation."

"Art is one of the tools to fight violence."

"Art is an expression of, and a protest against, reality."

"Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth."

"The good critic is he who relates the adventures of his soul among masterpieces."

"Artists create illusions which reveal truth."

"Art is not what you see, but what you make others see."

"All arts are founded on the competition between the useful and the beautiful."

"Writing is for me a form of prayer"

"Art is not beautiful in itself; beauty is relative to our perspective"

"Art is a mirror held up to nature"

"Science describes what is; art describes what might be"

"Artistic growth is, more than it is anything else, a refining of the sense of truthfulness."

"One has art in order not to perish from the truth."

"The greatest masterpieces are those which reveal the most about their creator."

"Art is the effort to make thought visible."

"Art is the effort of man to express, not to imitate, the unconquerable spirit within him."

"The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls."

"Art is the voice of those who have no other voice."

"Art is the collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does, the better."

"The only thing that separates us from the animals is our ability to discuss beauty."

"The paradox of art is that it comes closest to truth when it is without intention."

"Art without emotion is mere intellectuality."

"Every true artist sacrifices his work to his integrity."

"The only really committed artist is he who commits his entire person—his passions, his obsessions, his whole being—to his work."